Following unprecedented US and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, the IRGC has launched waves of retaliatory hypersonic missiles against US bases across the Middle East and industrial targets in Tel Aviv, explicitly vowing to assassinate Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Following unprecedented joint US and Israeli airstrikes on Iranian infrastructure, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has launched waves of retaliatory hypersonic missiles against US and Israeli targets. According to the official state news agency خبرگزاری ایرنا (IRNA), the IRGC executed Waves 52 and 53 of Operation True Promise 4 using Fattah and Qadr hypersonic missiles, alongside suicide drones. The pro-IRGC channel اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا حمله reported that Wave 52 struck industrial sectors of Tel Aviv and three regional US military installations: Al Harir in Erbil, and the Ali Al-Salem and Arifjan bases in Kuwait. IRNA added that Wave 53 targeted the US terrorist army at the Al Dhafra airbase in the UAE, which the IRGC claims provides support and intelligence for attacks on the Islamic Republic. The operations commemorate 84 martyrs of the Iranian Navy's Dena ship and avenge innocent workers killed in recent strikes on Iranian industrial towns.
A dominant theme across state-aligned and pro-government channels, including حامیان پزشکیان and اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا فوری, was a direct threat against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The IRGC Public Relations office released a widely circulated statement claiming Netanyahu's fate is unknown following the bombardment of Tel Aviv, which demonstrated the deep impact of Iranian heavy missiles. According to the IRGC statement published by اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا حمله, "In the event that the criminal Zionist prime minister is alive, we will continue to pursue and kill him with power." The channel further characterized him as a child-killing criminal whose potential death or flight reveals the profound crisis and instability of the Zionists.
Within Iran, state media highlighted civilian casualties from the ongoing bombing campaign. IRNA reported a war crime in Shiraz, alleging the criminal Zionist-American regime struck a deprived residential area early Sunday, completely destroying the homes of workers and welfare recipients. Concurrently, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref reviewed provincial damage reports and praised epic pro-regime street rallies in cities like Zanjan, Kerman, and Yazd. Aref described the demonstrations as a display of national solidarity and insight against enemy aggression.
The conflict's regional spillover also continues to escalate. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani condemned Netanyahu for dragging the region into war and chaos, according to IRNA. Condemning recent attacks on diplomatic centers and Hashd al-Shaabi forces in western Iraq, al-Sudani warned that the continued bombing campaigns are subjecting Iraq to dangerous consequences and pledged to protect Iraqi security forces.
The source materials display intense anti-US and anti-Israel framing, universally referring to the US military as a terrorist army and the Israeli government as a criminal Zionist regime. These terms have been translated faithfully and integrated into the digest without sanitization or scare quotes, per instructions. The IRGC statement threatening to assassinate Netanyahu was heavily syndicated across almost all provided channels, spanning from local news to official state media, indicating a highly coordinated messaging campaign.